Conditions are favourable for home owners to dip their toe into the property investment market. That’s the view of leading agent Madeleine Hicks of LJ Hooker Everton Park. “When investing in property it is important to buy at a low point in anticipation of securing a quality gain in a rising market. Conditions are now [...]

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Some may describe the market as “sluggish” others describe it as “normal real estate conditions.” Whatever the case, property investment has never been a get rich quick scheme. “Property is a great investment over long periods of time,” says leading agent Madeleine Hicks of LJ Hooker Everton Park. “Too often people get excited when the [...]

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Property can be a great investment and can fund an early, wealthy retirement. Smart property investors often have the comfort of knowing that they can quit their day job and live off their passive income that they have created whilst watching their assets grow. Leading agent Madeleine Hicks of LJ Hooker believes that anyone can [...]

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Knowing your limits and the market will help to expand your property portfolio. Why do some people struggle to buy one investment property and yet others manage to own five or six? The answer isn’t simply that they have more money. Investors who are creative in their approach to financing and who thoroughly research the [...]

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The decision of the “Big Four” banks to lift interest rates independent of the Reserve Bank has left mortgage holders bewildered and wondering “will they do it again?” “Whilst we are thankful that our banking industry is stable and profitable it seems like a cheap shot at mortgage holders, many of whom are already struggling,” [...]

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There’s still money to be made out of property if you are careful and hard-headed. It has been the wealth strategy of a generation. Buy a home. Look after it, improve it, upgrade it. And if cash flow allows, gear up to your eyeballs to buy more property for other people to live in. For [...]

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INVESTORS will be allowed to improve properties in their self-managed superannuation funds, following a tax office move to abolish a ruling that banned the practice when money had been borrowed to buy the property. Investors have always been allowed to maintain their properties, but they were banned from changing them because it would negate the [...]

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One in 10 Australian households is in housing stress and at risk of financial hardship and poverty, a new report says. Renters and first home buyers are most under pressure, with 26 per cent of renters and 15 per cent of first home buyers in housing stress, the Australians for Affordable Housing (AAH) said on [...]

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Whether you’re purchasing your first home or adding to a substantial property portfolio it is important that you understand the current market conditions and where it is heading. “Buyers and sellers need to have an understanding of where the market is and where it is likely to go,” said Madeleine Hicks of LJ Hooker Everton [...]

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Many investors aren’t aware that a bit of wear and tear on their property isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it can be an opportunity to pick up a tax deduction for depreciation. “Property investors are entitled to claim depreciation in their tax returns. Depreciation of fixtures and fittings along with building depreciation can [...]

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